DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria will retain Islamic jurisprudence as the main basis of law and will preserve freedom of opinion and expression, according to a constitutional declaration drafted by experts and signed by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Thursday. A summary of its 44 articles was read out by a legal expert from the committee […]
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Syria retains Islamic jurisprudence as main basis of law, preserves freedoms
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria will retain Islamic jurisprudence as the main basis of law and will preserve freedom of opinion and expression, according to a constitutional declaration drafted by experts and signed by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Thursday.
A summary of its 44 articles was read out by a legal expert from the committee appointed by Sharaa less than two weeks ago.
(Reporting by Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Tom Perry; Editing by Alex Richardson)